List items to sell in 60 seconds with new eBay app

Until now the eBay app on your iPhone was just for browsing and buying items but a recent update has changed all that.

Not only can the new eBay iPhone 2.1 app now allow members to list items for sale it can provide a way for them to put them up for sale on the world’s largest online marketplace in less than a minute.

The app’s makeover includes the addition of RedLaser barcode scanning technology.

This turns the iPhone’s camera to a barcode scanner which can be used in a couple of ways with the updated eBay app.

Rather than list items manually, users can scan the barcode on whatever it is they are selling , if it has one, and fill in most of the necessary information automatically.

The “Sell One Like This” feature, already a fixture on the eBay website, can also be used on the eBay iPhone 2.1 app and it constructs a listing using the information of an identical listed item.

What also helps put up items to sell even faster is the ability to take pictures of the item with the iPhone’s camera and use them in the listing.

The barcode in the eBay app can also be used even when you’re out shopping.

If a user spots something they want to buy, they can scan the barcode scanner on the eBay iPhone app and see how much the same product is selling for on eBay.

“During 2010, there was a rapid increase in the number of people using their mobile phones to shop, with 5-10 per cent of Australian iPhone owners logging in to their eBay app every day,” says eBay Australia spokesperson Jenny Thomas.

“Now with selling functionality, users will easily be able to sell an item on eBay in order to fund the purchase of their next great bargain.”